| 12:50am | Funimation set to announce 10 licenses in 10 days | | | | As per AstroNerdBoy: FUNimation sent me this little blurb. Not sure if you have seen the podcast yet but we’re doing a big announcement thing. Starting 12/22 we are going to announce a show a day for 10 days. Ten license announcements and not even at a convention. Wow. That should cause quite a... | | |
| 5:56pm | Retro End Of Year 2008 | | | | The annual End of Year cosplay event organised by the Shiro Tsubasa Animation Club was held at its now usual place at the Singapore Expo. The theme for this year was pretty unique, with the club choosing to adopt a retro theme. Hence the name Retro EOY. On a sidenote, this was my fifth consecutive... | | |
| 5:56pm | Retro End Of Year 2008 | | | | The annual End of Year cosplay event organised by the Shiro Tsubasa Animation Club was held at its now usual place at the Singapore Expo. The theme for this year was pretty unique, with the club choosing to adopt a retro theme. Hence the name Retro EOY. On a sidenote, this was my fifth consecutive... | | |
| 10:01pm | A Christmas Wish-list for Anime Santa | | | | As the year draws to a close, I’ve been scanning the lists of anime to be released in the UK on DVD at Christmas with a slightly jaundiced eye. Don’t get me wrong – I’m more than grateful for what we have available now on R2, especially when I think back to the turn of the century(!) when... | | |
| 2:58am | T.H.A.T. Winter 2009 Anime Preview |  | | | KeyAni fanboy, reporting in. Once again I have taken on the responsibilities of creating the monstrosity known as THAT’s various season previews. At least since I’m doing it from the start Impz can’t whine and pawn it off on me halfway through. Plus, I’m OCD about getting... | | |
| 4:04pm | 「xxxHOLiC」 vol.15, 「Tsubasa」 vol.27 OAD announcement | | | | Limited edition versions of xxxHOLiC’s 15th and Tsubasa’s 27th manga volumes will bundle their own OAD works. OAD bundles have already been announced for xxxHOLiC’s 14th and Tsubasa’s 26th manga volumes. Customers ordering a set of all mentioned four volumes will receive an original... | | |
| 1:27am | Manga extravaganza: xxxholic | | | | of course, one can’t write about Tsubasa without writing a little something for Xxxholic too. After the latest chapters (167-169), I’m getting more and more impressed with CLAMP. Their ability to place plot devices early in the story and only using them years later is absolutely amazing.... | | |
| 6:30pm | The Mighty Hulu Brings You More Free Anime! | | | | The Mighty Hulu - which is pulling television into the 21st century - has partnered with Funimation to bring you more free streaming anime! I think the migration from broadcast television to streaming media is most definitely a good thing.Hulu's Funimation Page Now the company has announced that... | | |
| 5:31am | The Daily Dose |  | | | Manga Announcements: Full Moon wo Sagashite mangaka Tanemura Arina will be launching a new manga in January called Sakura-Hime Kaden in the shoujo manga magazine Ribon. Saboten no Himitsu's Haruta Nana and Aishiteruze Baby's Maki Youko will also be starting new manga series in Ribon in the new... | | |
| 11:00pm | SHAFT - Studio Studies Part Three | | | | Now that I’ve covered what I consider the best along with the most influential studio, I have to talk about my personal favorite, SHAFT. SHAFT was formed in 1975, which comes as a surprise to me because besides their first single-handed production in 1987, Yume Kara, Samenai (which I only just... | | |
| 3:59pm | The Daily Dose |  | | | New Anime Announcements: Seto no Hanayome will be getting a two part OVA. The first part will be shipped on November 28, while the second will follow up on January 30. A streaming commercial has also been released, which can be viewed here. xxxHOLiC is getting a two part OVA called ×××HOLiC... | | |
| 5:28pm | WTF Ga-Rei is Shit. | | | | After the runaway awesomeness of the first 3 Ga-rei Zero anime episodes, many including myself have felt compelled to pick up the manga. After all, GRZ is the prequel and won’t be as awesome without any knowledge of the actual story right? FUCKING WROOOONG! The original manga is retarded. No wonder... | | |
| 3:00am | “Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion” or “Enpsychopedia Britannia” | | | | It’s a time when Social Darwinism was the overriding philosophy of the strongest empire in the world. It’s a world where the British never knew their limits and conquered many nations with the help of giant robots. It’s a show which you can undoubtedly call “anime,” and... | | |
| 12:46pm | xxxHolic- Season One | | | | Alcoholic- someone addicted to alcohol. Workaholic- a person who lives for work. Suga-holic- an individual who can’t be parted from sweets. Put -holic at the end of any word (x) and you get x-addiction. No matter what anybody says, we’re all addicted to something in life. Be it something as innocuous... | | |
| 12:22am | Tsubasa Shunraiki Updates | | | | The official Tsubasa Shunraiki website has updated with a new layout and information such as the name for the xxxHolic counterpart, xxxHolic Shunmuki.With Shunmuki translating as "Spring Exposure" and the obvious Spring theme of the OAVs (as seen by the sakura trees on the new site layout) I think it... | | |
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